King Farouk I was worried. He had just turned 25, and the problems of the modern world were pressing peremptorily upon him and upon the ancient land of Egypt. There was the question of airfields.

A tiny version of one of Egypt’s most famous historic carvings is the nation’s latest—and most adorable—discovery, with archaeologists unearthing a miniature sphinx. The diminutive Roman-era statue ...

(CNN) — A new sphinx-like statue has been discovered in Egypt — but this one is thought to be Roman. The smiling sculpture and the remains of a shrine were found during an excavation mission in Qena, ...